Valerie Hegarty creates unique works of art that look like burned, smashed, cracked, warped, melted, and damaged paintings.
Talented artist makes extremely detailed replicas of famous masterpieces and then comes up with clever ways of destroying them.
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Beautiful
Mar 21st, 2012
kadal
hard to explain
but most of art was hard to explain anyway
Mar 21st, 2012
Jonathan
I was really hoping for a destroyed version of The Scream, it would’ve fit so well…
Mar 22nd, 2012
woops
WHY?!!?!
Mar 22nd, 2012
Mukesh
y mona lisa is missing ? :P
Mar 22nd, 2012
GoW
I think she, the artists, answer the ‘why’ in her video. Specifically mentioning that perhaps this decaying painting of a waterfall and forest scene is a more accurate representation of nature when presented as something that is decaying, something that you could imagine has been left in a forest for a few decades and just withered away. Something that appears to have had it’s fate dictated by nature and natural processes.
I think they’re fantastic.
Mar 22nd, 2012
mongolians
dislike
Mar 22nd, 2012
Masteroche
There is even beauty in tragedy
Mar 22nd, 2012
Gert
Hum, kind of useful for a movie prop but not quite what I’d hit the Met for myself.
Mar 22nd, 2012
Douglas
Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don’t think that I can take it, Cause it took so long to bake it, and I’ll never have that recipe again, oh no…..
Mar 22nd, 2012
Evan
The irony of a beautiful landscape portrait being overtaken by natural elements is somehow appealing. The “comment” of a burned or otherwise mangled Geo W. escapes me however.
Mar 22nd, 2012
Richard
I realize how art can come in many forms, however, the thought of death and decay is too pessimistic for me =/
Mar 22nd, 2012
KaK
Meaningless..
Mar 23rd, 2012
Sharyn
I love the ones that seem to be returning to nature. The destruction for destructions sake doesn’t appeal at all.
Mar 24th, 2012
Jay
This is dumb. The only “good ones” are the paintings growing back into a tree — I get that message. Other than that, this is trash! Recycle them a make a new painting! Sheesh….
Mar 24th, 2012
Nora
Every museum curator’s nightmare…
Mar 24th, 2012
James
really beautiful!
Aug 7th, 2012